Stovepipe and chimney cleaner.



No.8'77,215.' PATENTED JAN.21, 1908.

' D. J'. MONTAMBO.

STOVEPIPE AND CHIMNEY CLEAN-ER.

/ APPLICATION FILED APR. 12', 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL JOSEPH MONTAMBO, OF MARINETTE, WISCONSIN.

STOVEPIPE AND CHIMNEY CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 21, 1908.

Application filed April 12. 1907. Serial No. 367.819.

have invented new and useful Im rovements in Stovepipe and Chimney C eaners, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanyin drawings, which are a part of this SPGCllCZLDlOIl.

This invention has for its object to provide a cleaner for stove pipes and chimneys which will effectively remove all soot and obstructions accumulating in the smoke passages while the fire is burning as well as at other times.

Another object of this invention is to provide a blower for cleaning stove pipes and chimneys by forcing a strong current of air through the passageways to carry with it the soot and other obstructions.

lVith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the stove pipe and chimney cleaner herein claimed, its parts and combinations of parts and all equivalents.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like characters of reference indicate the same parts in the several views; Figure 1 is a front elevation of a stove pipe and chimney cleaner constructed in accordance with this invention, a portion of the casing cover being broken away to show the blower blades, and the open position of the cover being indicated indotted lines Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a plan view with the cover removed; Fig. 4 is a side view of the cap for the branch pipe; and, Fig. 5 is a plan view thereof.

In these drawings 10 represents a stove or other burner whose smoke pipe 11 is provided with a downwardly extending branch pipe 12 at a place where it is convenient to attach the blower of this invention.

A frame 13 supports a casing 14 having a hinged cover 15 forming therewith a cylindrical housing for a blower fan 16 which is journaled in the casing, the cover being provided with central openings to admit air as usual and having a tangential spout portion 17 fitting in the branch pipe 12. A pinion 18 is mounted on the end of the shaft of the blower fan and meshes with a gear wheel 19 journaled in the frame, said gear wheel being provided with a crank han- I dle 20.

For convenience the shaft 21 on which the blower 16 is mounted may be reduced at the end distant from the pinion 18 and fitted into anundivided bearin 22, while the other bearing 23 is a divided bearing fitting upon a reduced portion of the shaft.

A catch plate 24 may be hinged to the free end of the cover 15 to engage a loop 25 of the casing to lock the cover in place.

In operation the gear wheel 19 is turned by means of its handle and by meshing with the pinion 18 causes the blower fan 16 to rapidly turn and force a strong current of air through the branch pipe 12 and the smoke pipe 11 and the chimney with which it connects, this air current being of sufiicient force to carry with it all soot and other obstructions in the passageways. This operation may be performed while the fire is burning in the stove or other heater 10 without interfering therewith, the action of the. current of air produced by the blower serving by induction to increase the draft through the stove rather than oppose it.

' It is obvious that instead of the fan blower being driven through intermeshing gears as shown, belt pulleys and a driving belt may be substituted therefor, though the construction shown is preferred. When the cleaning operation is completed the blower may be detached from the branch pipe 12 and a ca 26 substituted in place thereof so that the raft for the stove will not be interfered with. The cap 26 is provided with the usual bayonet joint connection by which it is securely held in place and is preferably rovided with a central opening controlled y a pivoted cover plate 27 so that when the cover is open the opening may act as a check draft for the stove.

What I claim as my invention is;

1. A stove pipe and chimney cleaner, comprising a branch pipe leading to the stove pipe, a frame, a casing mounted thereon, a cover for the casing connected with the branch pipe, a bearing on one side of the easing, a divided bearing on the other side of the casing, a shaft having a reduced end fitting in the first bearingand a reduced portion fitting in the latter bearing, fan blades on the shaft,

. a pinion on the shaft outside of the casing, a

2. A stove pipe and chimney cleaner, combranch pipe when the casing is disconnected prising a branch pipe leading to the stove therefrom. 10 pipe, a frame, a casing thereon, a blower fan In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, journaled in the casing, a cover hinged to the in presence of two witnesses.

5 casing and adapted to removably connect DANIEL JOSEPH MONTAMBO.

with the branch pipe, means for securing the Witnesses: cover to the casing, means for turning the L. J EVANs,

blower fan. and a valved cap for closing the EMILY R. EVANS. 

